Examining the border crisis through the lens of performance art
English professor Rafael Pérez-Torres said Salvador Herrera’s unique interdisciplinary approach provides new context for examining issues around the U.S.–Mexico border.
Humanities Division to expand teaching, research, outreach to downtown L.A.
Under the banner “Humanities DTLA: From Word to Action,” the division will use the space to build and strengthen initiatives in urban and public humanities and other interdisciplinary fields.
Four hands, two hearts, one mission
About 10 years ago, Mariam Janvelyan couldn’t get into UCLA’s already full American Sign Language course, despite a plea to Benjamin Lewis. Luckily, she made it into the class a year later.
Dana Cuff to deliver Faculty Research Lecture: Can ‘urban humanism’ reverse the housing crisis?
The professor of architecture and urban design hopes her March 7 lecture will demonstrate that small acts of research-based architecture can create powerful new forms of buildings and cities for all.
English professor Anahid Nersessian named poetry editor for Granta
“I like poetry that’s unexpected, that doesn’t conform to what’s going on in the mainstream but that’s nonetheless clearly part of an important conversation or movement,” Nersessian said.
In a world shaped by data, what happens to social justice?
A UCLA cluster course draws from the humanities and social sciences to encourage students to examine the impact of statistics and AI in a world that is increasingly being defined by datasets.
On the ‘Afterlife of Photography’: Q&A with art historian George Baker
In his new book, the UCLA professor investigates how a generation of women artists is invigorating photography in the age of digitization by returning to earlier, incomplete or unrealized moments.
Department of Spanish and Portuguese scholars collaborate on project to translate neuroscience research
A partnership with the UCLA Brain Research Institute and an education nonprofit aims to make scientific studies more accessible to Spanish speakers.
Uri McMillan receives Warhol Foundation grant for book on influential 1970s artists
“The Seventies in Color” will focus on three New York City trendsetters: fashion designer Stephen Burrows, musician-actor-model Grace Jones and fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez.
‘Art of the Benshi’ tour will showcase century-old Japanese film tradition, April 5-26
Benshi performers — the term is derived from the phrase katsudō benshi, meaning “movie orator” — were the captivating narrators of Japan’s silent film era.